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Monody

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To have known him, to have loved him     After loneness long;     And then to be estranged in life,     And neither in the wrong;     And now for death to set his seal--     Ease me, a little ease, my song!     By wintry hills his hermit-mound     The sheeted snow-drifts drape,     And houseless there the snow-bird flits     Beneath the fir-trees' crape:     Glazed now with ice the cloistral vine     That hid the shyest grape.

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"To have known him, to have loved him..."

Exploring the themes of classic, Herman Melville delivers a powerful performance in "Monody"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

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